Jar-lifter



u. w. GENUNG. JAR LIFTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.20, 1917.

arm e1 Patented May 25, 1920.

BENJAMIN W. GENUNG, OF ULYSSES, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed August 20, 1917. Serial No. 187,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WV. Gn- NUNG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ulysses, in the county of Potter and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Lifters, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to kitchen articles and it is the principalobject of the invention to provide an improved jar lifter whereby a jarmay be positively engaged and lifted from a receptacle containingboiling water or other fluid used when sterilizing the jars, thus,avoiding the burning or scalding of the users hands.

The improvements in the details and arrangement of parts will beapparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in connectionwith the specific description hereinafter contained, and wherein thepreferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed for the purpose ofimparting a full understanding of the same.

In the drawings there is shown a perspective of the improved jar lifter.

Having more particular reference to the drawing and in connection withwhich like reference characters will refer to corresponding parts, theimproved jar litter comprises a single piece of spring wire designated1, bent upon itsell intermediate its ends and coiled as at 2, whereuponthe remaining portions of the piece are ar anged substantially paralleland have their extremities bent to provide hooks 3. These hooks 3 are soformed as to permit their ready engagement with the locking hails offruit jars, which bails as will be understood, are pivoted to the necksof the same and are adapted to be swung thereover, whereby removableclosures will be clamped in position upon the same.

Then using the improved lifter it is only necessary to grasp theimplement adjacent the coiled portion thereof and engage the hooks 3with the pivotal locking bails, whereupon the jar may be readily liftedfrom the receptacle or other containing vessel in which it is beingsterilized without liability of burning or scalding the users hands.Furthermore, by coiling the intermediate portion of the implement as at2, it will be readily understood that the sides of the implement will beplaced under tension and as a consequence, the implement may be used inconnection with jars of different sizes, which jars, of course, employbails also varying in size.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is within the scope of my claim, Iconsider within the spirit of my invention;

I claim A jar lifter composed of a substantially U-shaped spring wiremember including a coiled web portion and outwardly bowed normallyextended legs having their extremities turned back in relatively close,spaced and parallel relation to the legs to provide laterally disposed.hooks, said hooks being arranged at substantially right angles to thecoiled intermediate portion and adapted, upon compression of the legs,to receive the locking bail of a jar, the coiled web portionconstituting a handle capable of utilization without restraining thetension of the legs and also constituting tensioning means maintainingthe hooks in engagement with a jar bail, upon release of the legportions.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature hereto.

BENJAMIN W. GllllUNG.

